Plymouth Tribune, Volume 3, Number 32, Plymouth, Marshall County, 12 May 1904 — Page 1

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Mill OF SHELLS " AT PORT ARTHUR

4High Angle" Bombardment of the Far East Gibraltar Is Reported from Tokio. ST. PETERSBURG MUCH ELATED Alexiaff Says the Fort If Free Igain on the Land Side.

Stories of a Jap Defeat at Sea and Victory on Land Mikado's Men Close to New Cbwang. V - ; Paris, May 11. The Matin's St. Petersburg correspondent says it is pereitently rumored that there has been a big fight near Mao-Tien-Ling pass be tween the Russians and General Kuro- ' ki's army.-The Russians, he says, lost f e heavily. Lieutenant General Zassalitch " -

being among the killed. London, May 11. Th Tokio correspomlent of The Morning Post,, catling under date of May 10, eiys that a high angle bombardment of Port Arthur is proceeding. "Washington, May 11. Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador, has received a dlamtcli from St. Petersburg saying that Viceroy Alexieff has telegraphed the emperor that railroad communication w ith Part Arthur was restored during the night of May 9 and 10, and that the telegraph line is being repaired. This dispatch is in-line with a press .cable from St Petersbarg that says Port Arthur Is again free on the land side, the Japanese havicg been repulsed In an encounter twenty kilometers from the railway running north from Tort Arthur. Report of m Jap Defeat. London, May 11. There are sensational dispatches from the seat of war in the Far East. One from St. Petersburg says that a foreign embassy there reports news that the Russian Vladivostok and Port Arthur squadrons have effect etT a" juncture after a naval battle in which the Japanese lost three cruisers and the Russians two and one torpedo boat destroyer. No confirmation of this has been received, and it Is not believed that such an action wns possible. Report of a Russian Defeat. Another dispatch, coming from Shan-Tlai-Kwan, is to the effect that the first Japanese army corps, followed Jii'. Russians retreating from the Yalu river U4l overtook them twenty miles ;uth of Liaoyang. There an engagement erjsued, the Janaie getting some guns Into what had been considered an impossible position, commanding the Russians, who therenpoi retreated. The ime dispatdi says that Japanese scouts are within six miles of New Chwang, and that there was only a handful of Russians at -that point at the time of sending the dispatch May 9, 0 p. m. NEWS CITES RUSSIANS JOT To Ilear That Port Arthur Is No Longei boUtcd-Bow TTu it Dose? St Petersburg, May 11, 3: 03 a. m. The most important official news from the front up to this hour is "that telling of the complete re-establishment of railroad and telegraphic communication with Port Arthur, though bow it .was brought about, and whether a bat- , tie was necessary to accomplish it, are mysteries which Viceroy Alexieff failed to clear up. The elation of the authorities, a natural consequence of this achievement, is sobered by official dispatches showing the activity of the Japanese in eastern Manchuria. Kuang-Gen-Sian Huang-Tiang-Sal?, fifty miles northeast of Feng-Wang-Cheng, was occupied by the Japanese May S. This enables an advance along the bad roads to the flank either at Uaoyang or Mukden. The territory between the main road to Feng-Wang-Cheng and the River Tavang has been penetrated by such a strong force of Japanese as to lead to the suggestion that another army has landed at Tnkushan of which the outside world has not before heard. The activity of the Japanese, however, has been expected and therefore . has . not dimin- - i&hed the satisfaction felt at the opening of communication with Port Arthur. The reports of severe engagements, which ore not officially confirmed, probably grew out of skirmishes along the Yalu river before Lieutenant General Zassalltch's retirement. Information which has been received by the emperor set at rest all rumors affecting the Vladivostok squadron. The Associated Press was authoritatively ii formed that there is eisolateIy no int cation n ths part of the Vice Admiral Ckrydloff to order an attempt to effect a junction with the Port Arth or fleet. ' The cquadrca will use Vladivostok as a tc2 for rakla, but will be preserved intact pntil the Dal tic fleet arrives in its PaciSc. TL3 Associated Press Is further inferred that the garrison at Pert Artt'JT.ls strcz?x than heretofore tZ3 been stated. "There is do reason to keep the strerrjta cf tt? garrison at Pert Arthur a eecret," said the informant of the Aecodated Prec3. "The Jpancca know It becarra cf their per

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session of our fleet even tf they capture Port Arthur. The orders to the commander there are that he shall, when a fall is inevitable, put to sea andi engage the enemy. We do not propose for the Japanese to And in the harbor a number of valuable warships which they can seize exd add to their fleet." WAR NEWS FROJI LONDON

Ei planst la of the Change at Port Arthur, Perhaps-P-Other Matters. London. May 11. Thus far no confirmation has reached London of the reported battle near Llao-Yang. One of the explanations of the restoration of the Port Arthur railway suggested here is that the landing of the Japanese at Titsewo was Interrupted by a gale and compelled their temporary retirement to the coast, or that the Japanese are allowing the line to remain open for the removal of non-combatants, from Port Arthur prior to a bombardment The Daily Chronicle's correspondent at Shan-Hal-Kwan under date of May 10 says that the Japanese second army, marching in three divisions in order to co-operate with General Kurokl, has defeated the Russians near Wa fungiblen with great loss. The Dally Chronicle's Tokio correspondent declares that Tort Arthur will be - bombarded with heavy guns, and that a concentrated assault will be made on a well known vulnerable point in the defences. Anotherexplanationof the opening of the Tort Arthur railway comes from St Petersburg via Paris: "It Is no certain that the Japanese have not landed more than 8,000 men at Pitsewo. Only a few detachments of the advance guard reached the railway, which they cut In several places. They then received orders to fall back and join the main force, leaving the line free." II E ROBRKD TIIE RED CROSS Kassian General Whose Deficit Was Blade Fp by the Czarina. Berlin, May 11. Die Tost publishes a news agency dispatch from St Petersburg which ays that General Schwedt-ff lost over half a million dollars tlirough speeuLatiom in stocks and took the money from the Red Cross treasury. In order to avoid, scandal the eu.pre? dowaprer. who ie the protectress of the Red Cross society, and a friend of General Schwedeff, reiinbtrrsedi the sum. ' The dispatch further says that Trlncu Galitzin and Count Lansky have also been guilty of irregularities. In connection with the Red Cros manflgemcnt. Pretty Rough on the Japs. Paris, May 11. According to the St Petersburg correspondent of The Matin a high official of the naval general staff declares that the entrance to Tort Arthur Is still free and that the squadron went out May 9 as far as Pitsewo, where the torpedo boats sunk a number of Japanese transports. SUGAR BEET STATISTipS Progress of the Industry Is Shown la a Report of the Department of Agriculture. . Washington, May 11. A report on the progress of the beet sugar industry in 1903 prepared by the department of agriculture shows that there has been an increase In the number of beet sugar factories In the United States from forty-three at the close of 1902 to fifty-six at the beginning of 1904. According to the report the sugar beet crop of 1903 amounted to a little more than 2,000,000 tons, harvested from 242,570 acres, the average yield being about eight and one-half tons to the arce. ' The prices received for beets ranged from $4.50 to $5.00 per ton, the average being nearly $5. The average gross returns were $42.50 per acre. The estlmit.nl cost of growing beets by irrigation Is $40 per acre, and in sections where irrigation is not necessary $30. The amount of sugar made from the beet crop of 1903 was 240.CO4 tons, as compared with 218,403 tons from the crop of 1902, and 384,003 tons from that of 1S01. Submarines for Japan. Newport News, Va., May 11. From a Tellable source comes the information that a contract has been awarded the Newport New Shipbuilding company for the construction of four . Lake submarine boats destined for service with the Japanese navy in the war in the Far East . Mustn't 8peak That Way In Serrla. London, May 11. The correspondent of The Daily Mall, it Is announced in that paper his morning, has been ex. pelled from '.elgrade, Servia, for his severe comment on the consiprators who planned and executed the assassination of King Alexander and Queen Draga. CC0RE3 OH THE BALL FIÜLD3 Chicago, May 11. Following are the base ball ßcores: League: At Cincinnati Brooklyn 7, Cincinnati J); at Chicago Boston 7, Chicago 1; at St Louis New York 1, St Louis 14; at Pittsburg Philadelphia 0, Pittsburg 2. American: At Boston New York 2, Boston 1; at Cleveland and Philadelphia Rain. Association: At St Paul Indiana pc!U 5, St Paul 14; at Minneapolis Toledo 2, Minneapolis 5; at Iilwaukee Louisville 6, Milwaukee 7; at llzhzzs City Columbus ;C, Kansas City Geight innings. . J Western: At Omaha Dc3 Moines 7, Omaha 6: at louver Sioux City 0, Denver 3; at Colorado Springs -Ct Jcr:; 11, Celera C-ri 3 7.

ASSAULT

ROME

Clerical Delegate to the M. E. Conference Broaches a Warm Subject. Very HIS PROPOSITION IS SHELVED Important Resolution on Divorce Is Introduced and Referred to a Committee. Los Angeles, May 10. The attitude of the Roman Catholic church toward the public school system of the United States furnished the subject of a sensational debate In the Methodist general conference. While there was a strong disposition on the part of certain delegates to have the conference to adopt resolution putting It on record upon the subject there was an overwhelming sentiment, nis It developed, against any euch action, and the entire matter was finally disposed of by referring it to a committee from which it is unlikely ever to be reported. Begins with an Attack on Rome, Rev. D. J. M. King was the mover In the matter of the Roman Catholic church, and he was on his feet as soon as the convention was ready for business. He commenced by reading an extract from a letter written by Rev. Father Peter Harnett, vicar general of the Roman Catholic diocese of Monterey and Los Angeles, appearing in a local newspaper, and bafci upon an utterance of the episcopal address read before the conference, by Bishop Foss on Thursday last In this letter Rev. Harnett took exception to the statement in the address that the Roman Catholic church Is opposed to the public school system of the United States. KInff Controverts Father Harnett. Rev. Dr. King made a spirited attack on the Roman Catholic church, and declared that the assertions of Rev. Harnett were contradicted by the facts in the case. He elaborated to some extent upon the statement that the Roman Catholic church did not Interfere in politics, and concluded by reading a resolution which declared that the efforts of the Roman church "to control the secular press, its influence in politics and its assaults on the public school system demand the vigilance of Protestants and patriots." RAISES QUITE A COMMOTION , Many Cries of "So.""No,"snd Ieleg-atei Anxious to Express Views. When Dr. King finished reading his resolution there was a commotion among the delegates and a hum of conversation and cries of "No, No." There was a scoreof delegates n their feet in an instant clamoring for recognition from Bishop Fowler, who was presiding. The chair recognized Lay Delegate Chief .Justice Lehr, of the Delaware titate supreme court, who made a strong speech in opposition to Dr. King's stanrt. Tn regard to Dr, King's statement upon the Roman Catholic opposition to the public school system in America," said Justice Lohr, 'I am with him. But are we to gain anything by any phase of denunciation, against any other Christian body? Cries of "No," "No." The Roman Catholic church has done a magnificent work In this country. ' It has taken hold of a class of people whom, perhaps, no other form of religion could have molded so well for the well-being of our common land. I feel like putting . my hands under every evangelizing agency in this world that helps to uplift men. and not pull them down." This expression was received , with applause by the delegates and the galleries, and the matter was referred. Rev. It. F. Plshop presented a resolution to make certain changes in the) discipline that would provide a more simple method of terminating the membership of persons living in "habitual neglect to their obligations to the church." It was referred Judge Sibley, of Ohio, offered an Important resolution on the subject of divorce. He wanted paragraph 39 of the discipline changed to read as follows: "No divorce, except for adultery, final desertion or' cruelty or neglect such as to compel an innocent partner to separate from the offender, shall be regarded! by the church as morally lawful, and none of our ministers or laymen shall solemnize marriage where there is a divorced wife or Imsband living, unless the divorce was granted upon grounds hereinbefore specified. But this regulation (Joes not apply In cases where divorced parties are seeking remarriage." This resolution was also referred. Several other resolutions bearing upon the subjects of Sunday closing of the Lewis and Clark exposition, the endowment of the American University at Washington, the changes in the wording of various paragraphs In the discipline, and other matters of importance to Methodists, were submitted and referred to several comraltteees. It is learned that the sub-committee on the effectiveness of bishops has reported in favor of the retirement of at least four of the present bishops. These will be. It is said by a prominent leader In the church councils, Bishops Andrew, aged 79; Mallalieu, 75, and Waiden and Vincent, 73. , 1 1 1 ... 4 ' - - London, May lOAThe Dally .Mall this morning cays it understands that a r.rithh advance on Lhirca is cow ii evitable and that preparations to that czl era rrc:;::'::-

IIURDEREK AND FUGITIVE That Is the Result of the Strenuouttty of a Mao Who ThouRht lie Owned a Dain. Chippewa Falls, Wis., May 10. William Elliot, a deputy sheriff, was fatally shot at Thrnapple River dam by J. F. DIetz. Dletz, with his family, armed with Winchesters, bad been holding up a log drive for two weeks. Ju&e Parrish granted an Injunction restraining Dietz from interfering with the logs, but DIetz refused to recognize it The sheriff thun oigacized a posse to arrest Dietz. Deputies iiiblln and Elliot went to DIetz' home alone, believing they could effect his arrest without the aidi of tho posse. When, the dani was reached, however, DIetz Is said to have rushed from ambush and to have shot Elliot He then fled to the woods. The sheriff is said now to have given orders to take Dletz dead or alive. Elliot was a son of the chief of police or Eau Claire. - Wisconsin Insurance Case Continued. Milwaukee, May 10. All proceedings in the suit that the Prudential Insurance company has brought against Insurance Commissioner Host to restrain him from revoking the license of the company to do business In Wisconsin, or. prevent it from so doing, have been continued by Judge Seaman until the final hearing upon the merits In the meantime the injunction preventing the insurance 'commissioner from revoking the company's license itands. New York . Motorman Killed, New York, May 10. A rear-end collision between two trains on the Third Avenue elevated, between Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh streets, killed Motorman Cornell, of the rear train, and seriously injured five passengers.

Colorado Strike to End. Denver, May 10. It Is announced at the office of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company that the Southern Colorado coal fields strike would be settled by June 1, concessions being made by both the operators and strikers. Alfonse XIII To Be Judge. Lima. Peru. May 10. Foreign Minister Pardo and Colombia Minister Tan so have signed a convention by which all boundary questions will be submitted to thearbitration of the king of Spain. r . ULTIHATAU TO EXHIBITORS Told That They Must 'llostle Installing Their Exhibits at the St. Ixuls Fair. St. Louis, May 10. There Is now no allotted space in any of the World's fair buildings that is not occupied with the exception of the reservations for exhibits from Rutiu and Argentine republic. The exposition management was notified by cable only last Saturday that Russie would finally participate with exhibits. It is stated. that Russia and the Argentine republic will liave their exhibits installed by June 1. With those two xceptlons the ultimatum has been issued that exhibits must either be fully installed, or the exhibitors must sihow that they are making satisfactory progress in Installation, by May 12, or the space allotted will be forfeited. . The first car load of exhibits to reach the World's fair for installation was the Pennsylvania postoffice car, which was delivered! at the grounds on Oct. 20, 1003. From that time until 7 a. m. yesterday 4,833 cars of exhibits had been delivered within the Worldfs fair enclosure. Almost 1,000 cars are yet expected. No Demand for More Pay. Columbus, O., May 10. The executive council and wage committee of the Tinplate Workers International Protective association has decided not to make any demand for an increase in, wages, and will so report to the convention. HONOR TO 7H ITKIHLEY Uethodists to Prepare a Memorial Coni fereneo Fills the Pulpits at Los Anfiele and Roundabout. , Los Angeles, Oal., May 9. The Mothodist general conference paid tribute to the memory of the late President William McKinley, adopting a eulogistic resolution by a standing vote and referred it to the committee on episcopacy, with instructions to prepare a memorial giving appropriate expression of honor and respect. Yesterday bishops, ministers and presiding elders In attendance on the conference occupied pulpits in protestant churches in Los Angeles, Pasadena and all the surrounding cities and towns within a radious of sixty miles and every place of worship was crowded at morning and evening services to listen to distinguished speakers. Report of the Capture of Dalny. London, May 9. The Morning Post's Shanghai coiTesponcbent reports that Dalny was o inured Friday, while the To.io corrcporident of The Dally Telegraph, cabling under date of Sunday says: "Dalny was invested yesterday." Contunes the 'Bishop Chare h. Boston May 9. The committee of fifteen which was appointed by the national triennial convention of the episcopal church at San Francisco in 1001 to consider the advisability of changing the legal name cf the demonlnation, has secured an extended report in which the opinion Is expressed that any Change at his time is Inexpedient' . ' ; Death of is Wisconsin Ploneor.LaCrosse, .Wis., May 7. Benjamin B. Nealy, a prominent Wisconsin pioneer, i9 dead at Seattle, Wash., age tO years.

FORTY T11EII LOST

Two Schooners Disappear in the Depths of the Pacific with Their Crews. PLAIN PROOF OF THEIR DOOM One Carries Down Twenty-Three, the Other Nineteen No Hope for Men Entombed In a Mine. Portland, Ore.. May 9. A special to The Oregonlan from Victoria. B. C, says: The sealing schooners Triumph and Umbrina. Captain Rlackstadt. of the port, are given up as lost at sea with all hands, owing to the report made by Captain Hann, of the 6ealing schooner Jessie, Which has Just arrived from her cruise along the coast from California to Queen Charlotte islands. He picked up 6outh of the Columbia river broken sealing boats and canoes, part of a schöner s rail, davit and other tackle belonging to the schooner Umbrina, with which he was in company the middle of March, after which the Umbrina headed for the west coast of Vancouver Island to land her mate, who was very 111. Since then she has not been heard 'of and la long over-due. ( Total of Forty-Two Men Lost. The Umbrina was owned by Captain Peppet, now in eastern Canada. She carried a half white, half Indian crew, twenty-three all told, and was one of the largest of the fleet In Queen Charlotte sound. Captain Hann found a schooner's boom with sail attached, and from Indications known to him he believes It belonged to the Triumph, also long over-due, and not amongst the fleet now bound for the Siberian coast. The Triumph carried a white crew of nineteen and was the oldest and largest of the Victoria sealers. The owners have abandoned hope. All llope of Life Abandoned. Shamokin, Pa., May 9. Rescuing parties are still at work in the Locust Gap colliery, where five men ere entombed as a reirult of the fire in one of the elopes. The miners haye been In the mine since ThirrNday night, and all hope of finding then, alive has been abandoned. The fiiv Is burning as fiercely a3 ever, uiaU: it Impossible to penetrate the - vt. ::ings. James E. Roderick, chief of the state bureau of mines, wais lure conferring with officials of the Philadelphia and Heading Coal and Iron company. He expressed himself as . being satisfied that everything possible is being done to extinguish the fire and determine the fate of the missing men. SIGNS A BIO WARRANT Secretary Shaw Puts Ills Nume to a Treasury Paper for the Sum of Forty Bllllion Dollars. Washington, May 9. Secretary Shaw has signed a treasury warrant for $40,000,000 which will be delivered today to J. P. Morgan & Co., of New York, as distributing agents of this government, on account of the Panama canal purchase. The warrant is dated May 9, and will be delivered by Secretary Shaw personally today. This warrant is many times larger than any warrant ever before Issued by this government The largest sum previously covered by a single United States warrant was for $7,200.000, paid to Russia in 18G8 on account of the Alaskan purchase. The next largest sum was $5,500,000 paitf in 187G to the British, government on' account of the Halifax award un- ! der the treaty of Washington for in fringement of fisheries rights in Nova Scotia n waters. The payment of 20,000,000 to Spain for tiw Philippines was made with four warrants of $5,000,000 each. Missing Girl's Body Found. Keokuk, la., May 9. The body of Miss Cara Marsh of Warsaw, III, vas found Saturday morning floating in the Mississippi, opposite Canton, Mo. She disappeared from home April 25, following a period of illness. Miss Marsh was a daughter of the late Judge J. W. Marsh, and was a niece of Congressman Marsh of Illinois.

Death of m Prominent Nebraskas. Omaha, May 9. Samt A. D. Baleombe, prominent in state and national politics, for eleven years publisher of the Omaha Republican, and for fifty years Identified- with the development of the west, died at his home in this city Saturday, aged 7Vears, He has been, according to his own statement, a Republican for fifty yerirs. President of Olivet College Resigns. Lansing, Mich., May 9. -President William O." Sperry of Oliver college has tendered his resignation to the trustees. The resignation was accepted, and Präsident Sperry will return to his old home in New England at the end of the college year. It is understood that falling health is the cause. ; V Negro Juror Gets Damagv Des Moines, la., May 9. While William Humbert, colored, was a member of a Jury Mrs. Ed Crawford, proprietor of the boarding house where the jury staid, refused to set a place for him at table. The court gave II J nähert $50 damages against the woman. Bloodhound After Burglars. Earlham, Ia May. 9. Bloodhounds are on. the track of burglars who entered Fry & Packard's geneial merchandise store and robbed the' safe of several hundred dollars. Entrance was secured by breaking a window. The safe was dynamited. mmmmmmmmmmaa i man I ill i..'U

BE Cause of the Untimely Taking Off of Edward L. Wentz Is Doubtful. BULLET SHO t IHT0 HIS HEART Cat Whether Murder. Suicide or Ac cident Is Not Known Two Suspects Arrested. Knoxvllle, Tenn., May 11. Warrants have been served on Silas Ison and Tom Wright, prisoners in jail at Tazewell, Tenn.. charging them with the murder of E. L. Wentz, whose body was found near Big Stone Gap laßt Sunday. The two men were being held In Jail on the charge of being fugitives from justice awaiting orders from Virginia. These men were first suspected of being the murderers of Wentz because a riding suit similar to one worn by Wentz when he went riding was found in their quarters In the mountains. This suit of clothing had bloodrstaints on it. A probable cause for the enmity between Wentz and the men was that Wentz was strongly opposed to them running a bltoud tiger in Wise county, Vaw, on Wentz'a property. Ballet Found in the Body. Bristol, Va., May 11. The shrunken and decayed body of Edward L. Wentz has been literally taken to pieces by physicians and detectives in the course of the coroner's inquest which was begun in a dark cavern of Black mountain aral was closed without a verdict by the coming of night At 7:30 p. ra. the iury was adjourned for the day. The startling feature of the inquest was the discovery of a 32 caliber pistol ball In the body wnicli might have been discharged from the empty pistol of the saine caliber found eighteen feet from the remains. The ball had passed through the fifth rib, entering in front, had penetrated the heart, a back rib, and lodged in the muscles of the back one and a half inches from the spine. Bullet Fenetratea tue Heart. Several holes were found in tho clothing, where other bullets entered, but beneath them the body .was Intact. The right hand was missing, and was probably borne away by wild beasts. A white pearl button which could not have belonged to the murdered man was found nearby. There is little doubt that the ball penetrated! the heart, as the phy si chins found evidence of hemorrhage In- that portion of the body, and a large amount of blood congested back of the lungs. Detectives on the scene made careful examination of the pistol, finding it to be a Smith & Wesson, No. 85-O-50. Two cartridges were on either side of the hammer, but the ctiamber under the hammer contained an empty shell, as well as the two lower chambers. A loaded cartridge of 32-caliber -was found) seven feet from the body. Was It a Case of Suicide? It has been decided that nothing can be gained by holding the body here longer, and the special train which brought the brothers of the dead man, physicians and detectives to the scene has left, taking the corpse with it It is stated by persons close to the Wentz family that the question of reward will be settled as to the amount and. time of payment after the verdict is rendered. There is a great difference of opinion as to the cause of Wentz's death, whether accidental, suicide or murder. Many believe it was suicide. PEOTSYLVAHIA AT ST. LOUIS In the Democratic Convention Has No Seifish End to Serve, Says Committeeman Guffey. Fittsburg, May 11.- In answer to the various reports published as to his attitude and that of the Pennsylvania delegation to the St Louis convention, attributing his support to Parker, Cleveland and other possibilities, National Committeeman Guffey authorizes the following statement: i "Pennsylvania's delegates, un instructed and governed by the unit rule, will go to the St. Louis convention to do that which in their wisdom seems best for the party an-di the country. Pennsylvania has no selfish ends to serve, but Is absolutely free to join her sister elates in the selection of standard bearers who can accomplish the one great object the success of the Democratic party in the nation; atnd to this end its delegates will harmoniously act! Mew Jersey Republicans. Trenton, N. J., May 11. The Republican state convention was held here for the purpose of electing delegates to tbe national convention to be held in Chicago on June 21. The delegates-at-large chosen are Governor Franklin Murphy, United States Senators Kean and Dryden and State Assessor David Baird, of Camden. The platform adopted la a strong Indorsement of the Republican national and! state administrations and indirectly favors the nomination of President Roesevelt Thibetans Batcher Servants of the British. London, May 11. The Times this morning publishes a dispatch from Gyantse, Thibet which reports the butchery of eight servants of the British mission by Thibetans. ' i ii ill I a. s Beeret for Sir Henry Stanley. Loudon, May 11. The morning papers publish editorials expressive of deep regret at the death of Sir Henry IL Stanley.

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MURDER

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Will Decide the Question of Guilt or Innocence in the Gillespie Case. DEMOCRATIC LEADERS GATHER Parker Said to Have the Bulk of the Delegates Indiana State Miscellaneous New. Rising Sun, Ind., May 11. There is a very large crowd here on account of the trial of James Gillespie, Mrs. Belle Seward, Mr. and Mrs. Barbour for the murder last December of Elizabeth Gillespie, but only a small percentage gained admittance to tbe court house. Of the jurors selected Monday Hansa and Cooper were excused because they were opprjfeed to hanging women. The defense extiused French, Peasley and Elder by challenges, and the state excused James Hulbert Most of the examinations yesterday resulted In the new men being excused on account of opposition to hanging women. When the panel was again filled by the election of Henry Kerr and Wade Hampton Rogers the prosecution announced that It was satiMfied with the Jury. The defense reserved challenges, when a recess was taken. Jury Is Finally Completed. When court adjourned In the afternoon) the following jurors had qualified: August Greve, David II. Gibisbr, W. J. Spalding, William Ward, Albert L. Pate, Hugh French, Os-ar Jones, W. J. Towell, David Bailey, II. W. Newman, George Ulenian and Martha Scranton. All are farmers except Ward, a lumberman; Jonas a grocer, and Powell, a wharfmaster. Jones is the only one residing in Rising Sun. He Bad Courted Elizabeth. While most of the eighty who were excused were relieved on account of their opposition to hanging women, there was one excused because of former associations with the Gillespie and Barbour families. He is distantly related to the latter, and had been an old suitor of Elizabeth. Alls explanation, created quite a scene In the court room. Mrs. Margaret Gillespie, mother of the victim and of two of the defendant, sat with her children In court during" the afternoon. While her sympathies were always with Elizabeth during: the troubles that existed for years she Is now doing everything In her power for those who aie on trial. HOOSIER STATE DEMOCRATS i Gathering for a State Convention to Name ... ......... Delegates to M. Louis - rarker Men to Control. - Indianapolis, May 11. Democratic leaders are gathering for the first session of- the Democratic state convention, which will meet tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock to select delegates and alternates-at-large to the St Louis convention and presidential electors, and alternates-at-large. An adjournment will then be taken until July 20, when a platform will be adopted and a state ticket nominated. Delegate will meet by districts this evening to select twenty-six district delegates to the national convention. Of the I,547 delegates to the state convointion it is estimated from 450 to G00 are for W. It. Hearst, and the rest for Judge Parker. The state organization, headed by National Committeeman Taggart i for Judge Parker, and It is believed the cxmvenlion will be organized for Parker. The majority of permanent organization commmittee represeniirifif the Parker foUowimg will report Alonzo Greene Smith, ex-attorney general, for chairman, while the friemd of Hearst will recommmend Judge McCabe, of Wllliamport in a minority report The Parker leaders say the) convention will Instruct for Judge Parker and will adopt tiie unit rule. The delegates-at-large according to the organization plans will be Frank Sliively, of South Bend; Major G. V. Menzios, of Mount Vernon: W. II. O'Brien,. of Lawrenceburg, chairman of the state committee, and John W. Kern, of Indianapolis. Trouble lAmong the Glass Bio weis. Hartford City, IndV, May 11. Considerable apprehension Is felt here because of what appears to be an incipient feud among Belgian and Kentucky grass blowers. Some time agothe colony of Belgian glas workers was broken up, and many of the forelngers Ttent elsewhere Tor employment Their places were filled by men from Kentucky, since when several fights have taken place. A report Is current that both Bidet are arming. Fool Prank of Two Hoys. Richmond, Ind., May 11: In the police court two boys, each under 12 years, were lectured by the court for an act that almost caused a wreck of a Pan-Handle train from Indianer-o-lis. The boys had piled stones on tbe track and the engineer who discovered the obstruction had difflculty In bringing the train to a stand in time. The boyB said they were playing and thought the tra'n would simply crusn the stones. " dominated to Succeed GrlOth. Rising Sun, Ind., May 11. Lincoln Dixon, of North Vernon, has been nonuj mated by the Democrats of the Fourth ' ditsrict to succeed Representative V. M. Griffith, who was not a candidate for renomlnatioa. The district is Den:

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